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Recovery from prolonged disorders of consciousness: A dual-center prospective cohort study in China
BACKGROUND: Recent innovations in intensive care have improved the prognosis of patients with severe brain injuries and brought more patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). Data are lacking regarding the long-term outcomes of those patients in China. It is necessary to study the long-term ou...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7322439/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32607329 http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v8.i12.2520 |
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author | Chen, Wei-Guan Li, Ran Zhang, Ye Hao, Jian-Hui Du, Ju-Bao Guo, Ai-Song Song, Wei-Qun |
author_facet | Chen, Wei-Guan Li, Ran Zhang, Ye Hao, Jian-Hui Du, Ju-Bao Guo, Ai-Song Song, Wei-Qun |
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description | BACKGROUND: Recent innovations in intensive care have improved the prognosis of patients with severe brain injuries and brought more patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). Data are lacking regarding the long-term outcomes of those patients in China. It is necessary to study the long-term outcomes of patients with prolonged DoC in light of many factors likely to influence crucial decisions about their care and their life. AIM: To present the preliminary results of a DoC cohort. METHODS: This was a two-center prospective cohort study of inpatients with vegetative state (VS)/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS). The study outcomes were the recovery from VS/UWS to minimally conscious state (MCS) and the long-term status of patients with prolonged DoC considered in VS/UWS or MCS for up to 6 years. The patients were evaluated using the Glasgow coma scale, coma recovery scale-revised, and Glasgow outcome scale. The endpoint of follow-up was recovery of full consciousness or death. The changes in the primary clinical outcome improvement in clinical diagnosis were evaluated at 12 mo compared with baseline. RESULTS: The study population included 93 patients (62 VS/UWS and 31 MCS). The post-injury interval range was 28-634 d. Median follow-up was 20 mo (interquartile range, 12-37 mo). At the endpoint, 33 transitioned to an emergence from MCS or full consciousness, eight had a locked-in syndrome, and there were 35 patients remaining in a VS/UWS and 11 in an MCS. Seven (including one locked-in syndrome) patients (7.5%) died within 12 mo of injury. Compared with the unresponsive group (n = 52) at 12 mo, the responsive group (n = 41) had a higher proportion of males (87.8% vs 63.5%, P = 0.008), shorter time from injury (median, 40.0 d vs 65.5 d, P = 0.006), higher frequency of vascular etiology (68.3% vs 38.5%, P = 0.007), higher Glasgow coma scale score at admission (median, 9 vs 6, P < 0.001), higher coma recovery scale-revised score at admission (median, 9 vs 2.5, P < 0.001), at 1 mo (median, 14 vs 5, P < 0.001), and at 3 mo (median, 20 vs 6, P < 0.001), lower frequency of VS/UWS (36.6% vs 90.0%, P < 0.001), and more favorable Glasgow outcome scale outcome (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Patients with severe DoC, despite having strong predictors of poor prognosis, might recover consciousness after a prolonged time of rehabilitation. An accurate initial diagnosis of patients with DoC is critical for predicting outcome and a long-term regular follow-up is also important. |
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spelling | pubmed-73224392020-06-29 Recovery from prolonged disorders of consciousness: A dual-center prospective cohort study in China Chen, Wei-Guan Li, Ran Zhang, Ye Hao, Jian-Hui Du, Ju-Bao Guo, Ai-Song Song, Wei-Qun World J Clin Cases Observational Study BACKGROUND: Recent innovations in intensive care have improved the prognosis of patients with severe brain injuries and brought more patients with disorders of consciousness (DoC). Data are lacking regarding the long-term outcomes of those patients in China. It is necessary to study the long-term outcomes of patients with prolonged DoC in light of many factors likely to influence crucial decisions about their care and their life. AIM: To present the preliminary results of a DoC cohort. METHODS: This was a two-center prospective cohort study of inpatients with vegetative state (VS)/unresponsive wakefulness syndrome (UWS). The study outcomes were the recovery from VS/UWS to minimally conscious state (MCS) and the long-term status of patients with prolonged DoC considered in VS/UWS or MCS for up to 6 years. The patients were evaluated using the Glasgow coma scale, coma recovery scale-revised, and Glasgow outcome scale. The endpoint of follow-up was recovery of full consciousness or death. The changes in the primary clinical outcome improvement in clinical diagnosis were evaluated at 12 mo compared with baseline. RESULTS: The study population included 93 patients (62 VS/UWS and 31 MCS). The post-injury interval range was 28-634 d. Median follow-up was 20 mo (interquartile range, 12-37 mo). At the endpoint, 33 transitioned to an emergence from MCS or full consciousness, eight had a locked-in syndrome, and there were 35 patients remaining in a VS/UWS and 11 in an MCS. Seven (including one locked-in syndrome) patients (7.5%) died within 12 mo of injury. Compared with the unresponsive group (n = 52) at 12 mo, the responsive group (n = 41) had a higher proportion of males (87.8% vs 63.5%, P = 0.008), shorter time from injury (median, 40.0 d vs 65.5 d, P = 0.006), higher frequency of vascular etiology (68.3% vs 38.5%, P = 0.007), higher Glasgow coma scale score at admission (median, 9 vs 6, P < 0.001), higher coma recovery scale-revised score at admission (median, 9 vs 2.5, P < 0.001), at 1 mo (median, 14 vs 5, P < 0.001), and at 3 mo (median, 20 vs 6, P < 0.001), lower frequency of VS/UWS (36.6% vs 90.0%, P < 0.001), and more favorable Glasgow outcome scale outcome (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Patients with severe DoC, despite having strong predictors of poor prognosis, might recover consciousness after a prolonged time of rehabilitation. An accurate initial diagnosis of patients with DoC is critical for predicting outcome and a long-term regular follow-up is also important. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2020-06-26 2020-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7322439/ /pubmed/32607329 http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v8.i12.2520 Text en ©The Author(s) 2020. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. |
spellingShingle | Observational Study Chen, Wei-Guan Li, Ran Zhang, Ye Hao, Jian-Hui Du, Ju-Bao Guo, Ai-Song Song, Wei-Qun Recovery from prolonged disorders of consciousness: A dual-center prospective cohort study in China |
title | Recovery from prolonged disorders of consciousness: A dual-center prospective cohort study in China |
title_full | Recovery from prolonged disorders of consciousness: A dual-center prospective cohort study in China |
title_fullStr | Recovery from prolonged disorders of consciousness: A dual-center prospective cohort study in China |
title_full_unstemmed | Recovery from prolonged disorders of consciousness: A dual-center prospective cohort study in China |
title_short | Recovery from prolonged disorders of consciousness: A dual-center prospective cohort study in China |
title_sort | recovery from prolonged disorders of consciousness: a dual-center prospective cohort study in china |
topic | Observational Study |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7322439/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32607329 http://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v8.i12.2520 |
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